Polyarteritis nodosa and drug abuse: Is there a connection?

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 853, 1996, Pages 684-685

  Samuels, Noah ^a  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Drug abuse; Inhaled heroin; Polyarteritis nodosa

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIAMORPHINE; PREDNISONE;

ABDOMINAL ANGIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG ABUSE; FEVER; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; LEUKEMOID REACTION; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; POLYARTHRITIS;

EID: 0029851002     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.72.853.684     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. Citron P, Halpern M, McCarron M, et al. Necrotizing angiitis associated with drug abuse. N Engl J Med 1970; 283: 1003-11.
2. Conn DL. Polyarteritis. Rheum Dis Clin North Am 1990; 16: 341-62.
3. Kaye BR, Fainstat M. Cerebral vasculitis associated with cocaine abuse. JAMA 1987; 258: 2104-6.
4. King J, Richards M, Tress B. Cerebral arteritis associated with heroin abuse. Med J Aust 1978; 2: 444-5.
5. Halpem M. Angiitis in drug abusers (letter). N Engl J Med 1971; 284: 113.